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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08
rHn cHrEFrA1N.

THE CH1EFTAIN.
To those that have passed, an
other year Of the CHIFFrArN's s
young life has been added. From
the mere possibility, five years
ago, TO survive the usual fate of
impccunious newspapers, and from
dogged determination not to die
as long rs there was any life in
Vinita, the CHIEETArN has been
pecking away until it has become
a firmly established institution.
II has gradually grown into inn
portance, until it has become a ne
cessity--a medium of news and out
spoken sentiment that the politi-
cal and common affairs of the coun-
try have surely needed for years.
Without fear of exposure and pub
lie condemnation, the aeairs of
our nation have been managed to
personal ends and to the aggran-
dizement of dirty rings so long
that it became necessary, in the
economy Of things, that 4 public
censor should arise. Hence the
purpose and career Of the CHEF
TAIN. From this course it will not
deyiate as long as it is under its
present control, and let him sin who
may, he surely will get prodded.
The subscription list of the
CEIEFTAIN has increased 20 per
cert. since last January, al
though many of its friends feared
that the course its editor espOused
in the late political campaign
would result disastrously. While
the paper was non-partisan in the
impartial publication of communi-
cations from correspondents of
either party, it was impossible
for the editor, in view of the i'm
portant question, at issue, to be
non-partisan likewise. This was
not only right, but it was his duty
TO declare himself somewhere, as
every citizen should. when ques-
tions thatinvolye mis- interests are
at stake.
The CHIEFTAIN is a child of vi
Ito Toaofha- thau haun rra,rri, !
and "waxed strong" giving and |
receiving benefits mutually.
Nestled upon the prairie that ex-
tends to the Rockies, at the cross
ing of two of the most prosperous
railroads in the west, and sur
rounded by a picturesque and fer
tile. country, Vinita, to give life to
its promises Of future thrift and
business relations, needed, as all
towns Of like character need, live
newspaper. Necessity never fails
to produce that which is needed.
The CHIEFTAIS has been and is a
necessity to Vinita. Hence it is
here to stay.
Not only to vinita has the
CHIEFTAIN become a necessity,
but to the entire community. A
paper, trammelled by special laws
and which must puff and bolster
up an administration, right or
is not what the people I
need or want. Governments can
only be made pure, and officers of
rust be made honest, by fear of
exposure and public condemnation. q
as in the past so in the future will '
he CHIEFTAIN be no respecter Of '
persons when they edo dirt"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

DR.. Foreman, superintendent Of the
baby show at the fair, will surely have
his hands full. Corn may be short
but the crop Of babies was never bet
ter. Bring every one Of them. Col.
L. B. Bell offers five dollar premium
for the prize twins and Lucien, we ex-
pect, would raise the old man $3.50 at
least. Let 'em come.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

The Frisco has three engineer par
ties at work making a preliminary sur
yey Of the route Of their prospective
extension to Albuquerque. It is not
the intention, however, to do any
building this year.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

THE International Medical con-
ress is in session this week at
ashington. There were 5000
physicians present on the opening
aay.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

stellion Early, railroad hand, was
killed short time ago near Webbers
Falls by time clerk Of one Of the con-
tractors, He surrendered for trial.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

At depth offour feet J. c. Barker
recently found a twenty-five inch vein
ofcoal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

OSE hundred persons perished
londay night in theater fire at
exeter, England.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

THE anarchist cases will soon be
aettled. Tho supreme court OF
llinois is in session.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

John Buzzard did not appear at Fort
Smith as promptly as he should and
as a result was committed q couple Of
days for contempt.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

Judge Parker few days ago over
ruled motion fora new trial In the
Fitzpatrick case and committed the
seven defendants, all reputable cltl.
zens Of the Ohickasaw nation, TO jail.
They were convicted Of manslaughter
during October Of last year aud had
been Out on bond. A pardon is antici-
pAted.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

As YET no seats in either branch
of the national council have been
contested. Rumor proclaims
though, soto voes, that several will
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08
TWENTY-FIVE YElR-ADAPTED.

TWENTY-FIVE YEAR-ADAPIBD.
'Tis ive-anl-twcnty years to-day
Since we were man aud vile
And that's udy slice, soy,
From anybodys life.
And five want, ia looking back,
To feel how time has fown,
There's walter, see, oUT baby boy,
with mustGchc Of bis own.
Place your hand in mine wife
We've loved each other true
And Sill, in shade or shine, wife,
There's love to help us through.
Its not been all smooth sailing, wife
Not always laughing Mays
Sometimes ii's been a weary strife
To keep the wolf away.
We've had our little stills, my dea-
We've often grieved and sighed
Our sue has cost us many q fear,
Oar little babies died.
But wife, your love along the road
Has chcered the roushest spell,
You've borne your half Of every load
And often mine as we'll.
I've rued full many a foolish thing
Ere we'll the step was ta'eni
But. oh ia haste to buy the ring
Aud wed you o'er again.
'Twes you who made rae own the Hand
@ssa--- a--at-t--a 80 49,
In ways we cannot understand,
SIN bringing right from wrong.
You've kept me brave and kept me true,
You've made me trust aud prayj
Ny gentle evening star were you,
That blessed the close Of day.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

J. W. Davis, train man, was con-
yicted in the Fort Smith court last
week Of robbing Missouri Pacific cars,
on six counts.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-09-08

Bring your premium lists with you
to the 'air they are always scarce at
that time.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-29
The Picking Gazette

| This venerable organ is interesting to
! foreigners rather on account of its an
| tlqulty than Of the matter contained. 1t
was first mentioned in the early part OF
the eighth century, and was then a written
| circular. The date of transition to block
| printing is uncertain, although we know
the art of printing was practiced in China
before it was invented in Europe. The
Journal has recently taken new lease OF
| life, and is now published in three edi-
| tiOns. The first, called the King PdoB, is
printed on yellow paper, and constitutes
the official gazette of the empire. The
Hsiag-PGou Commercial JouwdO, contains
| information relating TO trade, and is
also printed upon yellow paper. The
third the PitoH-Iaou (Pr0riacidI Jour
nat, is printed on red paper, and
consists of extracts from the other
two editions. The total circulation
of the three issues is about $1,000 copies,
and the editorship is confded to COM
mittee of six members of the Academy of
Hanlin. That the application of me-
chanics to the arts and sciences possesses
some interest to the Government of China
is evident from the fact that few years
ago the Official Gazette was the medium
for imparting to the world, by means of an
imperial decree, the startling announce
ment of the discovery of perpetual motion
by a sub-prefect named Tung In the
words of the decree, this inventive genius
proposed to construct steamboat to be
impelled by steam generated without the
use of fire. and certain high officials were
directed "to devise the means for provid-
ing the 5000 taels required to carry the
invention into execution" As nothing
more has been heard of Mr. lungs dis
covery, we fear it must have shared the
fate OF other attempts in the same direc-
tion-The National Rerieu.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-29

the ground for some distance, and, as it. in
variably becomes contaminated by taking
up carbonic acid gas in its passage, is not
suitable for inhaling. The house acts as
sucker on the ground; and il, unfortu-
nately, the site is one on "made" ground
that l., composed of all the refuse of a
town-the ground air becomes the medium
of disease. No houses should be built
without well ventilated air space be-
tween the earth and the ground floor,
| especially if the layer of concrete on the
surface be omitted. The walls should be
built of good hard-burnt bricks or non
| porous stone set in lime or cement mortar.
Common underburnt bricks or porous
stones hold moisture, which evaporates
with rise in the temperature, and so
chllls the air in the house If the bricks
or stones of the walls are suspected of
holding moisture the whole of the external
surfaces should be covered with cement, or
tiled or slated above. The foundations of
the walls should rest on thick beds of con-
crete bedded in the earth; and to prevent
the ground damp rising up the walls a
damp proof course of states in cement or
bed of asphalt should be laid in the flu.
thickness or width of the wall Just above
the ground side. Dryness in this climate
is so essential to health that any building
which in its floors, walls or roof sins by ad-
hitting moisture should be rejected as a
place of residence by those who value
their health. In tropical climates build
ings are constructed to keep out the heat ;
but here We build to retain the heat and
keep out the cold.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-29

other day that her daughter, charming
girl of 16, was so impractical. As an illus
tration of this quality, she repeated to me
the question which her daughter had put
to her in all good faith and sincerity I:
L" How does a person know when room
has been swept?' This young woman
needed to apply Goethe's maxim. She
needed perception. For the production of
Faust" or the sweeping Of 4 room, the
same sort Of practicability is required.
de not know what is going to be done with
her. Her mother desires that she shall
become occupied with the practical affairs
Of life, but | am not sure that her
mothers ideas of the practical are
sharp enough to strike at the
root Of the matter. To become
truly and effectively practical one must see
straight and feel right 1t is a matter of
pure perception and proper sentiment.
When this right action of head and heart
are achieved, the doing will follow, and.
whether book is to be written or a room
is to be swept, the thing in hand will be
properly classed among the practical affairs
of life
After this it is all matter of preoccu-
patton. If the preoccupation be an affair,
as in the case Of my absent friend, Of pure
sentiment, !. e., an Gfdire du ceur, it will,
as in her case deserve classification among
the practical affairs of life; her vast ex-
penditure of pure sentiment was accom-
panied by vast expenditure of pure per-
ception and prompt energy and good
money to the infinite betterment of all con-
cerned. Had her preoccupation been
the same, but without the right
ness Of sentiment and purity of
perception, this affection of hers
would have resulted in a mere waste of
feeling and time, and would deserve CLASH
lication among those wretched so-called
afaires dU c@ur which can never arrive at
the dignity Of the practical affairs of life.
The mother of the impractical young girl
says, and not without degree of satisfac-
ton, that her daughter (who cannot I'M
derstand how person can know when a
room has been swept is "all for books"
Very well. That is her preoccupation
Now, if to this preoccupation she brings
right sentiment and pure perception. her
preoccupation with books will result prac-
tically. If she has these she will know
the difference between clean and
unclean in the carpet of a
room or the character of book.
But l greatly fear that healthy sentiment
and clear perception are not at present
backed by any sense Of personal response
bility in this young girls mind and, if so,
she has a great deal to learn before the
things which concerns her can be said to
belong to the practical affairs of life
The root of all this which grows into Il
busy and effective human career lies in the
sense of duty which develops perception
and sentiment into action, which deter
mines preoccupation, and which brings
out all of performance which
can be truly classed as among the
practical affairs Of life. Let this be the
possession of the young girl, and she will
become practical woman; let it be the
possession of the man of affairs. and he
will be practical statesman let it be the
possession Of Il literary man, and he will
become practical author.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-29
building Sites and Choosing Houses.

y writer in 4 recent number of Cham
be1's Journal makes the following good
suggestions to persons about to build or
purchase house. In selecting a house or
a site for a new one, remember that where
tfY sun will shine on the house for some
hours a day, one element of good is Sc
cured, especially if the sunshine enters at
the windows of the living rooms or rooms
most used during the day time. After the
aspect has been found to be suitable, and
that plentiful supply of sun and air is in
sured, attention should be given to The
general position and construction of the
house. If the ground is at all porous a
layer Of concrete, not less than six inches
thick, composed of cement or lime and
broken bricks or gravel, should be spread
over the floor. Air will travel through
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-29
GIRLS, LOVE AFFAIRS.
The Sentimental Person Said TO be the
Best Equipped in Life.

Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland's sigma.
ture was appended to the following fresh
article from the Boston Journal:
| am convinced that the popular YER
dict is in this case not the correct one, and
if these lines have an object, that object
lies in the direction of a contribution
toward an effort to show that the truly
sentimental man or woman has the best
preparation toward the practical affairs OF
life
As usual, philology is at fault. The
word sentimental has suffered as much de-
Election from its simple, real meaning as
has the word practical. The latter has
come to stand for things real, the former
for things unreal; or, if more liberal minds
deny the strict truth of this designation.
they will scarcely attempt to reject mod
ifcation Of it, by which it is claimed that
to follow the practical affairs of life is to
follow the things which are certainly and
surely the remunerative things of life. the
things about which we actually know. and
whose value is real because it is in things
seen and proven; while to follow things
sentimental is TO pursue a shadow, or at
least thing which, if attained, does not
respond to the demands of a busy and
effective human career.
Nothing could be further from the logic
of human experience. Every achieve
ment has its beginning in the mind. The
Buddhists were right. All reality is in
the thought. Here is the root of the deed.
1t is the man of true sentiment only who
has behind him and before him an effective
human career.
A good mother was lamenting to me the
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-29
NOTICE.

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
y by the Board Of Directors of the Turlock
Irrigation District for the purchase of bonds OF
SAID iStriCt, at any time after the date of this
notice, and until MONDAY the It'll day of NO
VENEER, :. D. 1887. at o'clock of said day,
at the office of said Board at the town of Tur-
lock, county of St4nislaus, State of California
Said bonds are issued under, and in pursu-
ance of, an Act of the Legislature of the State
of California, entitled an Act 10 provide for
the organization and government of irrigation
districts, and to provide for the acquisition of
water and other property, and for the diStribu-
ton OF water thereby for irrigation PURPOSES ~
approved March 7, 1887.
Ten of such bonds viii be of the denomina-
ton of 500 each, and 9S of such bonds will be
of the denomination of $500 each.
Said bordS will be of the form prescribed in
Section Is OF said Act, ard bear six per cent.
interest, interest payable semi-annually.
None of said bonds viii be sold for less than
ninety per cent. OF the face value thereof.
said proposals will be opened at said time
and place. and the purchase thereof will be
awarded to the highest responsible bidder.
Said BOARD reserves the right to reject any and
all bids
Any further information respecting said
bonds may be had on application to R. NJ
Williams, Secretary of said Board, Postoffice
address, Turlock; TO Z. B. Clark, President of
said Board, Postoffce address, Modesto; or p. J
Hazen, attorney-at-law, or Holton & Fulkerth
attorneysat-law, Modesto, Stanislaus county,
Cal
Done by order of the Board of Directors of
Turlock Irrigation District, October 10, 1887.
E B. CLARK, President.
R. NJ. WILLIAMS, Secretary. olS-td
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-29
The Birth of Matter

Human thought has never been able TO
form theory of the origin of matter. life
of force, any more than to conceive a be-
ginning of time or limit of space. OF
matter, hitherto men have been accus-
toned to think that the 20 or more So
called elements were the ultimate atoms.
One evening in the theater of the ROYAL
Institution, and in presence of a distin-
gulshed audience, VIM. Crookes, +. r. s.,
brought forward lecture on the Genesis
OF the Elements" 4 series of brilliant ex-
perlments tending to show that these
atoms have been themselves evolved from
SIMPLER forms of matter The learned
chemist dealt chiefly with the substance
yttrlum, derived from one of the rare
earths, and to break it up into its fractions
he had to use the electric current. the
spectroscope and posphorescence in an ex-
ceedlngly low medium. Mr. Crookes has
carried beyond any other investigator ex-
Fermentation in the nearest approach to n
vacuum, and, amid loud cheers, he produced
a little vial containing air of only the
htty-millionth of common air in density,
and yet holding within tive-sixteenths of a
cubic inch, he confidently asserted. 100
million million molecules. The experiments
were made in air of about millionth of an
atmosphere, and the phosphorescent glows
produced were exceedingly fine. As a
net result, the yttrium appeared to be
broken up so as to yield six new elements:
and thence followed the conclusion that at
some time in the history of the universe
these materials have been combined. He
said that few weeks ago in this theater
Sir William Thompson asked them to
travel back with him an imaginary excur-
sion of about 100000 years. lie then
pictured to them the moment before the
birth of our sun, when the Lucretian atoms
rushed from all parts of space with veloci-
ties due TO gravitation, and, clashing to-
gether, formed an incandescent fluid mass,
the nucleus of solar system, with 100000
coo years of life in it. Mr. Crookes then
asked them to accompany him to period
even more remote, to the very beginning
of time, before even the chemical atoms
had consolidated from the original protyle;
and thus starting, the lecturer went on to
show how, by the process of cooling, and the
intervention of various states of electricity.
the successive elements as we now know
them might have come into existence from
one single form of primordial matter. Pro-
lOnged applause followed the close of the
address.-Lond0R Telegraph
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-29

In the year 1876 the city of Antwerp.
| aided by subvention from the State, pur-
chased the Hotel Plantin, with its entire
| contents and dependencies, for l,200,000f.
Large as was the price it cannot be deemed
excessive for the Musee Plantin-Moretus,
as it is now called is unique among Euro
pean museums. The building forms Il
large quadrangle, and the visitor on enter
ing finds himself carried back to the DAYS
of Alva and Farnese. Through the ample,
but not extravagant, apartments of Il
wealthy merchants dwelling he passes into
the offices and workshops requisite for the
| business of 4 royal printer, bookseller and
publisher. Pictures and portraits by
Rubens and other Flemish artists decorate
the walls Engravings of singular merit
and rarity hang III profusion and fill quaint
oaken presses. Copper plates and wooden
blocks-head and tail pieces-initial let
tiers Of giant size and dainty device-count-
less store of type, Hebrew, Greek, Gothic,
Italian, Roman, cast in the days when
| typefounding was an art which, like so
many of its sisters, sprang into perfection
from it birth, in contemptuous disregard
of modern theories of gradual develop
ment-matrices, and punches, and printing
presses all occupy the places they filled
three centuries ago. The correctors'
tables suggest the memory of
the painstaking accuracy with
which not only learned men,
but young girls poured over proofs of
sacred and classic literature in the original
Latin, Greek and Hebrew The library
contains very large and valuable collec-
| ton of impressions from the famous press
whose issues were of high, in some cases of
unparalleled, artistic merit, and many of
whose slight brochures have become rari-
ties. The shop recalls the days when a
passing student could purchase for a trife
editions for which the book-hunter now
signs in vain. Yet this enumeration en-
braces but 1.-THE of the contents of the
Musee Plantin. The archives of the firm
contain thousands of documents-minutes
Of Plantin's entire correspondence, as well
as multitude of letters addressed to him ;
account books, day-books and ledgers ;
| inventories, catalogues and price-lists
records of payments to authors and cor
rectors, to printers, engravers, bookbinderS
and Workmen of every craft deeds of con-
veyance, contracts, privileges and royal
warrants; cahiers of the half-yearly
fairs at Frankfort; current accounts with
sovereigns, Princes and Cardinals, as well
as with ordinary mercantile correspondents
at home and abroad. So vast is the mass
of material that NJ Rooses does not exag-
gerate in affirming that no similar record
is in existence of the life of any private
| person who lived three centuries agO.-THe
| Quarterly Reriew.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-29

THE DAY oE THE WEEK AT MANILA.
Although the Philippine Islands lie near
to the Asiatic coast it was by Spaniards
who sailed eastward from America that
they were settled. Did they revise their
calendar when they crossed the magic line,
and strike out day to keep themselves
abreast of the times? No such thing; the
Spanish Dons of that day were a proud
and fiery folks, and if their calendar did
not agree with the times, then so much the
worse for the times. Anyhow, the fact re-
mains that, when they arrived at the
Manila or Philippine Islands, they still
reckoned by the calendar which had been
taken from Spain to America, and from
America by them on their voyage. They
were, of course, day in arrear; but as
there were not then any important settle
ments of civilized nations thereabouts with
whom the date could be compared the error
was not noticed the reckoning took firm
hold, and in consequence the inhabitants
of Manila keep plodding along one day be-
hind ali their immediate neighbors.-
Chambers Journal.